Moving Past Mysticism in Psychedelic Science.
James W SandersJosjan ZijlmansPublished in: ACS pharmacology & translational science (2021)
The mysticism framework is used to describe psychedelic experiences and explain the effects of psychedelic therapies. We discuss risks and difficulties stemming from the scientific use of a framework associated with supernatural or nonempirical belief systems and encourage researchers to mitigate these risks with a demystified model of the psychedelic state.
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